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SDF, Damascus agree on repatriation plan for Syrians in notorious Al-Hawl Camp
A Syrian official said Damascus will assume control over the camp, which houses thousands of ISIS prisoners and their families
🇾🇪 Yemeni Armed Forces announces that it targeted Ben Gurion airport earlier today with a hypersonic ballistic missile.
"The operation has successfully achieved its objective, causing millions of usurping Zionists to rush to shelters and bringing the airport to a standstill."
❗️Hamas's Qassam Brigades say they killed Israeli soldiers in Gaza’s Beit Lahia city
The Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters struck an Israeli military unit on Sunday in the al-Atatra area of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, using an anti-personnel missile.
According to the group's statement, the targeted unit consisted of 10 Israeli soldiers, and the operation resulted in multiple casualties, including both deaths and injuries among Israeli officers. The group described the attack as part of its ongoing resistance against the Israeli ground invasion.
❗️Israeli troops loot Palestinian exchange shops in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces carried out coordinated raids on currency exchange shops across multiple cities in the occupied West Bank, including Nablus, Hebron, Ramallah, Tubas, Jenin, and Bethlehem, according to verified footage reviewed by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking unit.
Smoke grenades were deployed in central Jenin, while roads were blocked in Tubas and Bethlehem during the operation. Israeli Army Radio said the raids aimed to seize large sums of money "suspected of funding armed groups in the region."
❗️Israelis obstruct Gaza-bound aid at Ashdod port
Israeli activists rallied at the Ashdod port (located roughly 30km from Gaza) to prevent humanitarian aid from reaching the blockaded strip. Videos circulating in local media and online show demonstrators blocking the exit route of aid trucks, as Israeli police intervened to clear the way.
❗️Israeli forces are actively restricting emergency rescue teams during their ongoing military raid in central Nablus.
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UK trade envoy visits Israel despite supposed suspended free trade talks
Ian Austin, the UK trade envoy to Israel, has said in a post on X that he is currently in Israel to “meet businesses and officials to promote trade with the UK”.
His visit to Israel comes a week after the British government said it was suspending free trade negotiations with Israel due to its illegal military conduct in Gaza.
BREAKING | Sirens sound across several Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank after a missile launched from Yemen was detected.
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❗️Syria: Local sources to Al-Mayadeen:
"Seven civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed in a massacre in the village of Juzat al-Ma' in the Mashqita area in the Latakia countryside."
❗️Israel has killed at least 81 Palestinians in attacks on the Gaza Strip since dawn today.
(Medical sources to Al Jazeera)
❗️Al-Akhbar correspondent in south Lebanon:
"An Israeli force advanced into the Kroum al-Mrah area, east of Mays al-Jabal, and stationed itself near the home of the citizen Hassan Ammar, who had recently returned to live there with his wife and children. Concerned for their safety, Ammar took the initiative to evacuate his family from the house before returning to it himself, only to see Israeli 'construction works'. So far, there has been no confrontation between him and the occupation soldiers."
❗️Israel ignites a large fire between the southern Lebanese village of Ghajar and town of Abbasiya.
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❗️Qassam Brigades:
– "After returning from the front lines, our fighters confirmed that they had targeted a Zionist force of four soldiers with several anti‑personnel rounds, and detonated a minefield beneath another Zionist engineering unit that had infiltrated overnight east of Al‑Mintar Street, on the eastern side of the Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City."
– "After returning from the front lines, our fighters confirmed that they had struck a Zionist Merkava tank with a 'Yassin 105' shell inside the Qandil Orchard, east of the Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City, on 22 May 2025."
– "After returning from the front lines, our fighters confirmed that they had hit a Zionist force that was barricaded inside a house with an anti‑personnel round. The fighters observed body parts of several soldiers scattered at the scene, after which they engaged the remaining members of the force with light weapons. They also struck a Merkava tank with a 'Yassin 105' shell on Al‑Nazzaz Street, east of the Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City, on 22 May 2025."
US envoy denies reports of Hamas approval for Gaza truce proposal
Israeli leaders say they wish to continue the war until Gaza has been 'completely destroyed' and its population forcibly expelled
❗️Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu: "Releasing the hostages is our top priority, and I hope we will have good news about them, if not today, then tomorrow."
An Israeli official told Channel 13 that there has been no progress in the talks, and that Netanyahu meant that no progress could be made unless Hamas agreed to Israel's conditions.
Another official told the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) that he doesn't really don't know what Netanyahu is saying, and that he is not aware of any progress in the negotiations.
❗️UN: 180,000 Palestinians forcefully displaced as Israel bombs shelters in Gaza
180,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced in Gaza as a result of the latest Israeli military assault, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Tuesday.
In a joint statement released by the Global Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster, the group condemned what it described as the increasing normalization of direct attacks on shelters, calling the pattern “alarming.”
⭕️ 23 year old Palestinian youth Ahmad Jalayta was shot dead by invading Israeli forces late last night during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho.
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❗️Israel threatens Europe: Recognition of a Palestinian state will be met with annexation of more territory
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Haaretz reports that Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer warned French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy that Israel might respond by annexing Area C of the West Bank and legalizing unauthorized outposts.
Israel Hayom states that Foreign Minister Gideon Saar delivered a similar warning to officials in the UK, France, and other countries, indicating that actions taken against Israel could prompt Israeli steps such as extending sovereignty to West Bank settlements and sections of the Jordan Valley.
“Unilateral moves against Israel will be met with unilateral moves by Israel,” Saar said.
❗️Israeli army says shrapnel of intercepted Yemen missile dropped in Hebron
The Israeli military reported on Tuesday that fragments from a missile it intercepted landed near the village of Imreish, situated south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
According to Haaretz, this incident marks the sixth missile fired from Yemen within the past week.
❗️Medical sources tell Al Jazeera that at least 81 people have been killed in Israeli attacksacross Gaza since early Monday, including 53 in Gaza City.
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⭕️ Egypt pushes for Gaza ceasefire amid conflicting reports
An Egyptian official said Monday that Cairo is holding “intensive” talks to bridge gaps between Israel and Hamas and reach a ceasefire in Gaza “as soon as possible.” Egypt is reportedly coordinating closely with Qatar and the US on a truce and prisoner exchange deal, urging both sides to show flexibility to ease the worsening humanitarian crisis.
The statement follows mixed reports from Doha, where Hamas reportedly accepted a US proposal by envoy Steve Wietkoff for a 60-day truce, the release of 10 Israeli captives, and a partial Israeli withdrawal. Israeli outlet Walla claimed Wietkoff denied Hamas’ approval. Netanyahu also walked back earlier remarks hinting at an imminent deal, facing pressure from captive families and far-right coalition members.
❗️Israeli forces carry out arrests while raiding occupied West Bank
The Israeli military has conducted arrests in Nablus and Hebron, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office has said, as military operations continue across the occupied West Bank.
Two men were arrested during a raid on the Askar Al-Jadeed refugee camp, east of Nablus, and two others in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron. Israeli forces have detained at least 10,068 Palestinians since launching a war on Gaza on 7 October, 2023.
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❗️Lebanese army patrols the southern Lebanese town of Mays al-Jabal.
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❗️Quds Brigades announces that its fighters succesfully shelled an Israeli foot patrol with 60mm mortar rounds near a gathering of Israeli military vehicles that had advanced into Al-Atatra, north of Gaza.
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❗️Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon Ali Shoeib:
– "A Zionist infantry force penetrated 150 meters into Lebanese territory in the Kroum al-Mrah area east of Mays al-Jabal, in parallel with the arrival of two bulldozers near the military road along the border."
– "The Israeli infantry force is still moving inside Lebanese territory east of Mays al-Jabal, having passed one of the houses. The soldiers are using flashlights, while the bulldozers remain near the border and have not entered."
❗️Israeli Channel 12 reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump had a tense phone call on Thursday regarding their approach to Iran.
The discussion was filled with strong disagreements. Trump is said to have told Netanyahu: “I want a diplomatic solution with the Iranians. I believe in my ability to make a good deal,” while also stressing his desire for an agreement that would be mutually beneficial.
❗️Statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office:
“The prime minister meant that we will not give up on freeing our hostages, and if we don’t achieve that, hopefully in the coming days, we will achieve it later on,” the statement says, adding that, as of now, “Hamas continues to cling to its refusal.”
❗️Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced that the Israeli ambassador in Stockholm will be summoned by the foreign ministry to express Sweden's protest over insufficient humanitarian aid reaching Gaza.
Speaking to Swedish news agency TT, Kristersson emphasized that the European Union should apply sanctions and intensify diplomatic efforts to compel Israel to permit aid deliveries to Gaza.
"We have been incredibly clear about that, ourselves and together with many other European countries," Kristersson told TT.
"That pressure is now increasing, no doubt, and for very good reasons," he added.
Iran draws red line as Europe threatens nuclear ‘snapback’
As indirect US–Iran nuclear talks inch forward, Europe's fear of marginalization prompts a risky diplomatic maneuver in Istanbul.
By Vali Kaleji